Fragile Freedom
Saturday July 12, at 2:00 pm in the Carriage House
General Admission: $15 / Members: $10
FRAGILE FREEDOM, written and performed by Christine Emmert, is a personal look at the struggle of women to achieve the elective franchise. It is directed by Richard Emmert. Stage manager is Donna Samluk.
“Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.” – Germaine Greer
This one-woman play takes an historical look at the fight for woman’s political freedom and includes a look at figures, such as Lucy Burns, Lucretia Mott, and, of course, Susan B. Anthony. Ms. Emmert draws parallels between the past and the present with a script that is sprinkled with words of wisdom from Maya Angelou, Marian Anderson, Virginia Woolf, Gloria Steinem and others, emphasizing that our freedom as women is still “unfinished business”.
Tickets are available online or by calling our office at 585/279-7490 ext. 10. Members of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House receive discounted admission.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Christine Emmert is a born feminist and has been an actress, playwright, director, and educator for over fifty years. Presently she volunteers in the Hopewell National Park outreach program where she brings tales of women’s struggles to a wider audience than that of the National Park. This summer she is also performing in the Berkshires in August with her one-woman play, RED ROSE, about the life of Rosa Luxemburg.
Another of Ms. Emmert’s works, “From Out the Fiery Furnace,” was performed at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in 2013.
FRAGILE FREEDOM is part of Hopewell Furnace National Park’s outreach program to raise money for preserving the Hopewell stoves that still exist. Hopewell Furnace National Parks gave women equal pay for equal work and access to any job in the community in the 1800s, and so it is a good match with the struggle for the elective franchise. The Friends of Hopewell support this production as an educational tool.